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Mike Stotter, Ayo Onatade & Ali Karim
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The Shots team of Mike
Stotter, Ayo Onatade and Ali Karim joined fellow crime writers, that included
nominated authors such as Stuart Neville, Andrew Taylor, Malcolm McKay, Lauren
Beukes, Belinda Bauers, Mick Herron, Derek B Miller and Christopher Fowler (to
name a few), Lee Child, Peter James, Ian Rankin, Alison Joseph, Len Tyler, Mark
Billingham, CWA judges and members of stage and screen at the Grosvenor Hotel
Ballroom in London for the presentation of the CWA Daggers and the Specsavers
Crime Thriller Awards.
The
formal press release can be read below!
David Tennant and Olivia Colman led ITV’s
Broadchurch to four gongs at the star-studded Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards
2013, held at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
Celebrity guests including Idris Elba,
Kara Tointon, Lee Child, Peter James, Ruth Wilson, Mark Billingham and Anna
Maxwell Martin gathered on the black carpet before celebrating the UK’s most
wanted crime fiction and drama at the dazzling ceremony, hosted by Bradley
Walsh.
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| L-R Ayo Onatade, Stuart Neville & Mike Stotter |
The glittering event, organised by Cactus
TV and ITV3 in partnership with the Crime Writers’ Association, saw ITV’s
top-rating murder mystery Broadchurch pocket a quartet of awards,
including the TV Dagger for the production itself, with the latest gongs
rounding off a successful year for the show.
Winners included:
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David Tennant of Broadchurch in the Best Actor Dagger
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Olivia Colman of Broadchurch in the Best Actress Dagger
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Andrew Buchan of Broadchurch in the Best Supporting Actor Dagger
●
Amelia Bullmore of Scott & Bailey in the Best Supporting Actress
Dagger
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The Killing III in the
International TV Dagger
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Skyfall in the Film Dagger
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Malcolm MacKay for the
Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read
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Mick Herron for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger
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Derek B Miller for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger
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Roger Hobbs for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of
the Year
The ceremony will be shown on ITV3 at 9pm
on Sunday October 27, and a full list of winners is below
The awards, now in their sixth year,
marked the culmination of ITV3’s six-week prime time series, The Crime Thriller
Club which included a crime thriller version of the successful TV Book Club.
‘Living legends’ Martina Cole and Wilbur
Smith were inducted into the CWA Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony in
recognition of their contributions to the genre.
In a brand new award for 2013, The
Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read was awarded to Malcolm MacKay for The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter. Chosen
as The Crime Thriller Book Club book of the series by a group of
independent publishing experts from the Crime Thriller Awards Academy, The
Necessary Death of Lewis Winter beat titles by Linwood Barclay, Megan
Abbott, Christopher Fowler, Diana Bretherick and Andrew Taylor. Malcolm MacKay said: “It’s a huge honour and thrill to win. To be included in such a strong list of nominees is a wonderful thing for any young writer.”
This year’s CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year was won by Mick Herron for Dead Lions, a tale of secrets which refuse to die in the shady world of Cold War spooks. Herron’s book fought off intense competition from Belinda Bauer’s Rubbernecker, Lauren Beukes’s The Shining Girls and Becky Masterman’s Rage Against The Dying to take the accolade.
Mick Herron commented: "My shelves are crammed with Gold Dagger-winning novels of the past - The Mermaids Singing, Black and Blue, Bones and Silence. I can't quite believe I get to put my own book next to them."
The CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for Best New Crime Writer of the Year was awarded to Derek B Miller for his debut novel Norwegian by Night. In a boon year for debut crime fiction Norwegian by Night and its 82-year-old ex-Marine protagonist squared up against Hanna Jameson’s Something You Are, Malcolm Mackay’s The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter and Thomas Mogford’s Shadow of the Rock to nab the top spot.
Derek
B. Miller said: “My sincere thanks to the judges and the Crime Writers'
Association. This award feels less like a victory than a wonderful form of
encouragement. And I appreciate that, deeply, because no one has ever
encouraged me to write before. Tolerated me writing … sure. But encouraged me?
Not as much. So thank you.”
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for Best Thriller of the Year
went to Roger Hobbs for Ghostman. This distinctive thriller slugged
it out against impressive enemies Stuart Neville for Ratlines, Mark
Oldfield for The Sentinel and Robert Wilson for Capital Punishment
to secure victory.
Roger Hobbs said: "I'm exceptionally honoured to
have won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. It's a dream come true. This award puts
me in the company of so many writers I admire, like Steve Hamilton, Gillian
Flynn, and Jeffery Deaver. When I was writing this book in the basement of my
college library, scrounging off old pizza and bad coffee, I never imagined I'd
end up here. I want to offer my sincerest thanks to all the family, friends,
and co-workers who helped me make this dream possible."
Amanda Ross, Managing Director of Cactus
TV, who created the Awards for ITV3 said: ‘This is one of the most popular
genre of fiction on the screen and in books, so it’s wonderful to be able to
have this great celebration of talent courtesy of Specsavers.’
Dame Mary Perkins, Specsavers founder, said: ‘As a personal fan of a
blood curdling read, it’s been a pleasure to be a part of the Crime Thriller
Awards for the fifth year running. We’re very proud to be involved in this
annual showcase of world class writing, acting and production and would like to
congratulate all the winners and nominees.’
*ENDS*
SPECSAVERS CRIME THRILLER AWARDS 2013
WINNERS
● CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger for the Best
Crime Novel of the Year:
Mick Herron, Dead Lions (Soho Press)
● CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for the
Best New Crime Writer of the Year:
Derek B. Miller, Norwegian by Night (Faber and Faber)
● CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the Best
Thriller of the Year:
Roger Hobbs, Ghostman (Transworld)
● The Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read :
Malcolm MacKay, The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter (Pan)
● The Film Dagger
Skyfall
● The TV Dagger
Broadchurch
● The International TV Dagger
The Killing III
● The Best Supporting Actor Dagger
Andrew Buchan for Broadchurch
● The Best Supporting Actress Dagger
Amelia Bullmore for Scott & Bailey
● The Best Actor Dagger
David Tennant for Broadchurch
● The Best Actress Dagger
Olivia Colman for Broadchurch
MEDIA ENQUIRIES:
Eleanor Riches at Midas Public Relations
on 020 7361 7860 or eleanor.riches@midaspr.co.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards
The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2013
took place on Thursday 24th October at London’s Grosvenor House
Hotel, and will be televised on ITV3 on the 29th October at 9pm. The
2013 Awards are the sixth annual event created and produced by Cactus TV for
ITV3. The Awards are sponsored by Specsavers and in conjunction with the Crime
Writers' Association. Visit http://www.crimethrillerawards.com/ for more informationSpecsavers
Specsavers was founded by Doug and Dame Mary Perkins in 1984 and is now the largest privately owned opticians in the world. The couple still run the company, along with their three children. Their eldest son John is joint managing director. Specsavers has almost 1,600 stores throughout the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Spain and Australia. Specsavers was voted Britain’s most trusted brand of opticians for the eleventh year running by Reader’s Digest in 2012. More information can be found at: www.specsavers.co.uk.
Cactus TV
Cactus TV is a production company run by husband and wife team Simon and
Amanda Ross. Productions include Saturday Kitchen for BBC1, The Munch Box for
ITV, The Roux Scholarship, Hairy Bikers Food Tour of Britain for BBC2, Rachel
Allen, The National Book Awards and 8 years of the Channel 4 Richard & Judy
show live from Cactus studios. Amanda’s previous Book Club choices have created
many million selling authors.
ITV3
ITV3 is the UK’s second
most popular digital channel and its focus on character driven narrative and
drama helps the channel attract an upmarket audience. ITV3 is available on
Freeview (channel 10), Freesat (115), Sky Digital (119) and Virgin Media (116).
Crime Writers’ Association
The Crime Writers’
Association has a membership of over 500 writers of fiction and non-fiction.
Its main aims are to promote the crime genre and to support professional
writers. The CWA has been providing social and professional support for its
members for more than half a century, as well as administering the prestigious
Dagger Awards. The Daggers name and Crossed Daggers logo are registered Trade
Marks of the Crime Writers’ Association, and are used under licence. For
further information on the CWA: www.thecwa.co.uk or contact info@thecwa.co.uk.
Agile Marketing
Agile Marketing is a
publishing-specialist promotions & project management agency. They project
manage the Crime Thriller Awards in the book trade, liaising with publishers
and retailers to ensure the campaign to raise the profile of Crime Fiction is
maximised in store and amongst readers. They also manage the supporting
website: www.crimethrillerawards.com
Eleanor Riche
Midas Public Relations
10 Old Court Place, London W8 4PL
T: 020 7361 7876 M: 07825 751 174 E : eleanor.riches@midaspr.co.uk
www.midaspr.co.uk | twitter.com/midaspr
10 Old Court Place, London W8 4PL
T: 020 7361 7876 M: 07825 751 174 E : eleanor.riches@midaspr.co.uk
www.midaspr.co.uk | twitter.com/midaspr
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